People react very differently depending on the way that you show them a photograph. Usually, when someone is shown a photograph digitally that image doesn’t tend to stay on their mind for very long. But when you show that same photograph In physical format, the story becomes very different. Things such as framing, image quality, technique and the photographer’s name lose most of their power and the most important thing now becomes the emotional importance that the photograph carries for the individual. In general, people tend to connect with physical photographs a lot more than digital ones. Even though digital photographs are superior In almost every way. So the question becomes: Why?
When people have something tangible In front of them, something that can be touched and stored physically, that thing begins to have sentimental value. So, what gives value to a photograph Is It’s physicallity and perserverance through time.
Over the course of 3 months, I was tasked with taking 10 photos every week, printing them, and In the end come down to 6 that I thought represented me the best at this point In time. That was the true challenge. In previous classes, It was easy choosing photographs because the proffessor was very clear about what made a “good” photograph and what made a “bad” one. All that information was thrown out the window In this class. When I finished, I had well over 120 images in my hands. Now that I’m thinking about It, the process of coming down to these 6 images took more time than the actual process of taking those photos.
In the end, I got down to the 6 photographs that are shown bellow. They are certainly not the best ones that I took over those 3 months. But they are the ones I chose nonetheless. For reasons uknown even to me.
crossing the threshold
windows
paths
it never ends
ghosts
old sensation
